• NigelFrobisher
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    10 months ago

    Exactly. Optical discs still have data that can be ripped (In some countries it’s explicitly legal to keep a back up). You have something tangible you can keep.

    • nomous@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Physical copies and offline installers are the only way you can ever have your own archive of something these days.